Elastic non-skidding tire-chain.



G. E. ABRAMS 800. H. MASON.

ELASTIC NON-SKIDDING TIRE CHAIN, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1907.

Patented Apr. 12,1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. ABRAMS ANI D CHARLES H. MA SQN, F CHATHAM, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Application filed November 16, 1907. Serial No. 402,465.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be'it known that we, CHARLES E. ABnAMs and CHARLES H. MASON, citizens of the United States, and residentsof'Chatham, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Elastic Non Skidding Tire-Chains, of which the following is a specification.

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The invention is an improved form of non-skidding chain for automobile wheels, but it will be understood that itcan be applied to motor cycle,- bicycle and other wheels if desired. a

The object ofv the invention is to provide an elastic form of chain which will hug the tire tightly and still have resiliency enough to prevent cutting or Wearing the tire.

The invention consists broadly in the employment. of a pluralit of cross chains and two circumferential side .chains to which the cross chains are connected, said circume ferential chains being constructed'in part of which makes said chains elastic.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be duly described and hereinafter pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a detail side view of a portion of a wheel with our chain applied-thereto, and Fig. 2 is a planview' of a portion of the chain detached.

In carrying out. our invention we employtwo circumferential or rim chains, A and a pluralityof cross or tire chains B which are'arranged in zigzag order and connected to the side chains A; The cross chains B are com osedof the usuai'twisted links and are pre erably about seven inches long each link being'about one inchjlong. The sidev chains are preferably composed a series of spring links 0 each about five inches long and one half inch thick, and made of good steel wire. These links 0 are in the form of a helix with a hook C at each end, which are connected to the link'D byan inter mediate link, which latter also forms the connecting link between the chains B and A as most clearly shown. The links D are D bent into a substantially V-shaped portion D having eyes D formed at its ends.

preferably formed of a single piece of wire Other forms of spring links may be emloyed and they may be used in connection with links of the ordinary construction if f so desired instead of the'link D.

By having the helical spring links in the side chains we provide an elastic binding for the cross chains, which holds said, chains to the tire, but at the same time has suflicient elasticity to permit them to yield whenever necessary thereby preventing the cutting and wearing of t e tire by its crosschains.

Having t us described our invention what we claimis- An elastic non-skidding tire chain comprising two circumferential rim chains, comosed of a lurality of elasticand inelastic inks rovi ed with eyes at their ends connecte together, with eyes secured in the eyes of the inelastic links, the inelastic links ofone chain being V-shaped links provided arranged opposite the elastic links of the other chain and cross chains connecting said V-shaped links in zigzag order.

' CHARLES E. ABRAMS.

CHARLES H. MASON. Witnesses.

Wnmm E. SMITH, Nona H. MALLORY. 

